Altium, an international mid-market corporate finance adviser, has hired Christopher Jones as a managing director in its London office.
Jones (pictured) joins from Livingstone Partners where he led the consumer sector team.
He brings with him a wealth of expertise and experience in the travel, leisure and eCommerce sectors. Recently he led the sale of City Screen to Cineworld, the sale of IronmongeryDirect.com and a number of transactions in the travel sector including the sale of Reed & Mackay, the buyout of Key Travel and the sale of Iglu.com.
Phil Adams, chief executive at Altium, says: “Christopher’s appointment will further strengthen Altium's consumer team and we’re delighted to have him on board. Our consumer department has become one of the most active in the UK mid-market, following the completion of deals including the sale of online retailer ActivInstinct to JD Sports and the buyout of online travel agent icelolly.com.”
The recruitment of Jones is the latest step in Altium's strategy to scale up its UK M&A advisory business, following its exit from the securities market in late 2011. Last year Altium supplemented its European M&A team by opening a new Frankfurt office led by Sascha Pfeiffer, who joined from DC Advisory as group head of technology.
